Ski Blog

Thousands of lucky British children will be going skiing for the first time at half term. For their parents it will be a brilliant break – but only if they plan it properly. To help them, the UK’s biggest ski holiday agent, Igluski.com, invited its clients to come up with tips for families making their debut on the slopes. Here are the best of them:
Top Tips
1. Don’t waste money on expensive ski clothes for your children; they’ll outgrow them by next year. Borrow what you can and also scour the charity shops. 2. Sew name tags on all your children’s ski wear. There’s then a chance they’ll come back from ski school and other outings wearing the... [More]

We have been glued to our computers over the weekend looking at all the fresh snow that our friends and customers are enjoying at the moment. Over 1 metre of snow has fallen in many resorts over the past week, transforming conditions across the Alps. Resorts reporting the best of the new snow are Chamonix, Flaine, Alpe d'Huez Avoriaz, Les Arcs, Soldeu and Crans Montana. Here is a selection of our favourite snowy photos from the web over the past few days..
France
@Varsfob 40cm de neige fraîche et soleil: pas mal! http://t.co/YriQiaUh9t #skipasslive pic.twitter.com/8eiGi7Q0Qm
— skipass (@skipass) January 30, 2015
Playing in the POWder!! We have snow and lots of it!! @LaPlagne #... [More]

Thousands of Brits head to the slopes each winter for their one week a year on the slopes. As the mountain lifestyle is so different to our normal 9-5 lifestyle we all have strange traits and habits on a ski holiday – where else can you get away with a Glühwein stop at midmorning or where melted cheese becomes part of your daily diet?
We’ve put together some of our favourite humorous ski characters you’ll find in a ski resort – which one are you and your friends most like?
Powder hound
You don’t bother getting out of bed if there isn’t any fresh snow. If there has been snow forecast, you will be up before sunrise to hike up your favourite mountain fo... [More]

Last winter our lives were taken over by the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. This year we can get engrossed in the many more ski and snowboard competitions and events that take place in Europe. Most kick off early season in January, getting us stoked up nicely for the rest of the ski season.
5. Innsbruck Air + Style
One for the snowboarders. Innsbruck is the second stop on the Air and Style circuit, Emil Ulsletten stole the show at the first event in Beijing in December, and then next step will be Los Angeles in February. The World’s best snowboarders have competed in this big air event over the past two decades. Athletes are whittled down through 3 rounds before the 4 snowboarders battle... [More]

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